Meanwhile, Kyle and Ganas finally arrive at their new battle location, ready to begin their duel.
Back with Lee and Urza, Uruga refuses to let that punch slide. She charges at Lee and even tries to poke her eyes out—classy move—but instead, she gets folded again. Öza wraps things up with a full-powered blast from her fire spirit. Not even a demon would survive a hit like that. The girls high-five each other, and Öza tells her spirits they can take a break now.
Theren is impressed that the girls managed so well against Uruga without his help. Sylvia, however, is less impressed—shaking her head and muttering something about how they clearly don’t understand the concept of “double-tap.”
As they walk away triumphantly, a shadow emerges from the flames. To their shock, Uruga is standing there, completely unscathed—and very, very pissed. She points at Lee and demands to know how she dodged her attacks earlier, since Uruga knows her speed stats are way higher. But the truth is simple: Uruga kept spamming the same moves over and over, so Lee just memorized her attack pattern.
Honestly, it feels like Uruga has never been in a real fight with her life on the line. When something unexpected happens, she panics and leaves herself wide open. Lee and Urza even joke that Uruga was better when she was holding back—at least then she had to get a little creative with her moves. That stings, but after a moment of sulking, Uruga admits they’re right.
Feeling smug, Lee and Öza ask if she’s ready to continue the fight. To their surprise, Uruga flat-out says she gives up. Both Theren and Sylvia are stunned, half-expecting a trick. But no—Uruga is serious. At first, she thought she lost only because she’d been holding back. Now she realizes she just underestimated them. She’s not afraid of losing or dying, but her king ordered her to return alive, so she can’t risk a fight where she might actually die.
Sure, it’s anticlimactic, but Lee and Öza aren’t complaining—it saves them a ton of effort.
Uruga asks what they plan to do with her now. The problem? The girls didn’t think this far ahead. Lee suggests they could just tell her to leave, but Theren objects. He doesn’t like the idea of letting a demon walk free. Lee understands his point, but she feels bad about killing someone who already surrendered.
Then Öza remembers that Kyle wanted information about demon infiltration. They press Uruga for details, but she doesn’t have much. As far as she knows, she and Ganas were the only demons officially sent into human territory. Others may have crossed the border on their own, but she can’t confirm that.
Uruga then casually asks if there’s anything else she can do for them. Unfortunately, **Ganas isn’t here—so it’s Theren’s inner clown that suggests “some Rule 34 options.” Lee and Öza instantly light up red with embarrassment, while Sylvia facepalms so hard it echoes.
Trying to move past the awkwardness, Uruga offers to wait until Kyle returns, in case he wants to accept her “offer.” But Lee shuts that down instantly: “Nope. Get out. Right now.”
Uruga, oddly cheerful, agrees. Before leaving, she turns back to Lee and Öza, formally introduces herself, and declares that she’d like a proper rematch with them someday. Then, with a smirk, she vanishes.
Lee is a little surprised—she didn’t think a demon could actually be so polite. Sylvia agrees, saying that back in her day, it would’ve been unthinkable for a demon to surrender to a human, let alone talk nicely to one. She turns to ask Theron what he thinks… but he’s no longer there. Without a word, he dashes toward Uruga as she walks away and swings his sword at her with full strength. Guess someone doesn’t believe in “thank you” hugs.
Meanwhile, over at the main event, Kyle and Ganas are about to kick off their duel. Before they start, though, Ganas demands to know where his horn is. Kyle casually pats his hip and tells him it’s right there. If Ganas somehow manages to win this battle, he can have it back. Relieved that Kyle is keeping his end of the bargain, Ganas nods and declares he’s ready.
Kyle knows Ganas is a long-range specialist, so his best chance is to rush in close. He buffs himself with strength and haste magic, then charges in. To his surprise, Ganas doesn’t dodge—instead, he lets Kyle’s sword pierce his arm. With the blade stuck, Kyle can’t defend himself, and Ganas takes the opportunity to slam a magic sphere straight into his chest.
Kyle barely manages to protect his vital organs with magic, but he still ends up with four broken ribs. Not exactly ideal for breathing… or living. Ganas’s arm wound is bad too, but he sees it as fair punishment for letting a mere human push him this far. Unlike before, Ganas isn’t holding back—he’s using his full strength right from the start.
Magic blasts rain down like confetti at a wedding, and Kyle can’t dodge them all. If this keeps up, he’s toast. So he decides to gamble, charging straight through the barrage. He gets close enough to attack, but his strike bounces off Ganas’s magic shield, and he’s launched into a pile of rocks.
Kyle realizes he’s actually losing, and in classic Kyle fashion, he tosses fair play out the window. He whips out his trump card: blackmail. Holding Ganas’s horn high, he threatens to smash it if the demon comes any closer. Ganas freezes for a moment—the horn matters, sure, but not more than his life. He won’t surrender.
But Kyle didn’t expect him to. The horn was just bait. He suddenly throws it into the air, and while Ganas instinctively glances at it, Kyle rushes forward and stabs him against a wall. Ganas only laughs and asks if that’s the best Kyle can do. Kyle answers by shoving harder, slamming them both through the wall and nearly into a lava pit.
Ganas recovers, blasting Kyle back with more mana spheres, and actually applauds him for lasting this long. But he insists it’s hopeless—demons are simply too far above humans in strength. Kyle knows that all too well, which is why he’s ready to use every dirty trick in the book.
Reaching into his bag, he hurls a glass bottle that shatters all over Ganas, covering him in white sticky goo. Ganas scoffs, saying a pathetic trick like that could never stop him. Then he tries to move… and doesn’t. Panic flickers across his face as he realizes he’s glued in place.
That goo wasn’t ordinary—it was a special adhesive Gou invented. And once it sticks to something, there’s no undoing it. Ever.
Kyle then pulls out the Myithal Chain that Gazas forged and wraps it around Ganias to make sure he can’t escape. Not even a high-ranking demon could break free of those chains. With his sword pointed at Ganias’s neck, Kyle demands answers.
First, he wants to know if it’s true that the current demon lord doesn’t want conflict with humans. As much as Ganias hates to admit it, the ruler is Urza, the daughter of the former demon lord. And surprisingly, she has no intention of starting a war with humans. The only reason Ganias and Yuriga were sent on this infiltration mission was because of the pro-war faction of the demon army. Even then, Urza had ordered them to minimize human casualties as much as possible.
After hearing about this faction, Kyle assumes they must be plotting to overthrow Urza so they can kick off a nice bloody war. But Ganias quickly explains that’s impossible—Urza’s power is way too overwhelming. No one could dethrone her, not unless they had a death wish and a discount coffin ready.
Finding this all very intriguing, Kyle decides to ask one final question—and tells Ganias to think very carefully before answering. He asks if Ganias has ever heard of a black-winged, hornless demon being considered for the throne. Ganias immediately scoffs: “Impossible. A demon’s horn is their pride! No horn, no crown. Doesn’t matter if they’re as strong as ten demon lords, they’ll never be king.” He adds that he’s never even heard of such a demon.
This disappoints Kyle. If Ganias has no info on the next demon king, then he’s pretty much useless. So, sword raised, Kyle prepares to finish him off. Panicking, Ganias begs for his life and suggests that Demon Lord Urza might know something about the mysterious hornless demon. He offers to arrange an audience between Kyle and Urza—if only Kyle spares him.
The idea is tempting. Kyle agrees but warns that if Ganias tries anything funny, the only punchline will be his funeral. Grateful, Ganias thanks him—while secretly laughing at how gullible this human is. He has no intention of keeping his promise. Instead, he’s been stalling, buying time for one of his invisible puppets to arrive and attack.
But just when Ganias thinks his trap has worked, Kyle casually slices the bug puppet in half without even glancing at it—like swatting a fly at a barbecue. Kyle sighs in disappointment: if Ganias had actually kept his word, he could’ve lived. But it was painfully obvious he was scheming—after all, he kept staring at something behind Kyle like it was more interesting than the sword at his throat.
Turns out, those invisible bugs are Ganias’s secret weapon, and he can control several at once for coordinated strikes. He’s shocked that Kyle even knew about his ability. But then again, this isn’t Kyle’s first time meeting him.
Ganias had caused Kyle plenty of trouble in the future. But oddly enough, the Ganias standing before him now felt… different. During the Great Invasion, Kyle had sensed an unwavering loyalty in Ganias toward the demon lord. Yet right now, that loyalty was nowhere to be found. Which could only mean one thing—the current demon lord wasn’t the same one who launched the invasion. And that raised more questions than Kyle cared to deal with.
Still, curiosity aside, Kyle had zero interest in keeping Ganias alive. So with all the mercy of a grumpy waiter, he kicked him straight into the magma below and watched his body ignite. Demons are absurdly resilient, so it would take a while for Ganias to truly die in magma—but every second would be a sizzling, unbearable agony. After everything Ganias had done to Kyle’s friends in his past life, sympathy wasn’t even on the menu.
As the molten rock ate away at him, Ganias’s eyes began to melt, glaring up at Kyle with curses on his lips. It reminded Kyle of the last time he had defeated him: back then, Ganias had slaughtered many of the people Kyle cared about. Yet, once captured, he eventually cracked and revealed the location of the demon lord’s castle. That intel had allowed Kyle and the ragtag survivors to launch their final desperate attack. For that one contribution, Kyle almost felt a shred of gratitude.
So, with a smirk, he told Ganias he’d be free once the chains melted. The catch? They were made of mithril—meaning Ganias would be waiting until the heat death of the universe. Slowly, inevitably, Ganias succumbed to the magma, his body sinking and melting into nothingness.
Satisfied, Kyle turned and walked away, knowing he had just erased one of the biggest threats to his future.
